Iceland hits the peaks to raise £1m for charity

Mr Walker climbed 23,000ft to the North Col of Mount Everest in May to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK, Iceland Foods’ charity of the year.

This inspired Iceland’s staff to take on their own fundraising challenges, culminating in a national charity week across 750 UK stores during August.

The charity week saw 22,000 staff take on anything from darts and football tournaments to music nights, pirate-themed parties and a mass climb of Mount Snowdon.

Mr Walker, who also founded Iceland Foods, said: “I am immensely proud of the inventiveness and commitment that Iceland’s people have shown in raising the amazing total of more than a million pounds for Alzheimer’s Research UK. This terrible disease has directly affected the families of so many of our staff and customers throughout the country, and they have responded magnificently to the challenge of raising funds to assist the search for a cure.”

Rebecca Wood, chief executive of Alzheimer’s Research UK, said: “The money raised makes a major contribution to UK dementia research, supporting studies into early-onset Alzheimer’s which strikes people at such tragically young ages. Research is the only answer to dementia, which affects over 820,000 people in the UK.”